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Step-by-step: upload a CSV of recipients, pick your badge, hit Award. Pause and resume mid-batch, retry failures, export results. Works for cohorts of 10 or 10,000.
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How to Issue Open Badges from a CSV in Under 5 Minutes

Step-by-step: upload a CSV of recipients, pick your badge, hit Award. Pause and resume mid-batch, retry failures, export results. Works for cohorts of 10 or 10,000.

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